Rolled material dispenser



April 15, 1952 c. M. HUNTINGTON 2,592,571

ROLL MATERIAL DISPENSER Filed Oct. 23, 1946 INVEN'I OR. CHARLES M.HUNTINGTON Patented Apr. 15, 1952 z,592,571 ROLLED MATERIAL DISPENSERCharles M. Huntington, United States Navy, Los Angcles, Calif.

Application October 23-, 1946, Serial No. 705,115

1 Claim.

(Granted under the act of March 3, 1883, as amended April 30, 1928; 3700. G. 757) This invention relates toa device for supporting anddispensing rolled material such as paper, cloth, and the like,

One of the objects of this invention is toprovide a device that can bemounted ina suitable position in any convenient place and secured bymeans of screws, bolts, or in any other suitable manner, so that arollof material of suitable length and diameter may be placed thereon andunrolled in such manner that any portion thereof may be readily detachedwhen desired.

Another object of this invention is to provide a device for supporting aroll of material and means integral with said device for restricting therotationof the roll of material placed thereon when unrolling of thematerial is no longer desired.

A further object of this invention is to provide a device, which issimple in design so as to be easily and cheaply produced, for themounting and support of rolled material so that the material may beeasily and conveniently dispensed.

Another object of this invention is to provide a device on which rolledor coiled material may be easily and quickly installed and retainedwithout danger of slipping therefrom and from which it can be unrolledwithout being hampered by the supporting and holding mechanism.

Another object of this invention is to produce a rolled materialdispenser upon which material may be installed easily and quickly andretained in operable position by a simple member of the main support sothat the rolled material is securely held from rolling or sliding fromits supportin member.

A still further object of this invention is to provide a rolled orcoiled material dispenser riveted or welded together so that its partsmay not readily become loose, lost, or tampered with, as may occur ifthey were bolted or screwed together.

These and other objects of this invention and the various features anddetails of its construction. operation, and use thereof, are hereinaftermore fully set forth and described with reference to the accompanyingdrawing in which:

The single figure is an isometric view of the device of this inventionshowing the toggle member in its retaining position.

Paper, tracing cloth, tape, cord, wire, wire netting, and othermaterial, are often manufactured and packaged for shipment with hollowcores or on spools suitable for mounting on a dispensing device. In mostcases these dispensing devices should be strong, simple in design, andinexpensive of construction, Whereas on the contrary many such presentdevices have complicated 'mechanism which frequently gets out of order.

The device herein described is simple and inexpensive to manufacture andincludes no complicated parts that may get out of order or be easilybroken.

Referring to the drawing, a flange I supports an integral circularU-shaped supporting bar 2, so formed and of sufficient length to supporta hollow roll of material 4 which may be placed thereon in a position torevolve substantially about its center line as an axis. Flange l isprovided with holes 3 for securing same to any suitable support such asa wall, or the like.

A toggle bar 5 is provided to rotate approximately 180 degrees on pin 6,that is, about degrees in either direction from the axis of thesupporting member and, in the normal position shown in the drawing,serves to retain the roll of material in place on bar 2.

When toggle bar 5 is rotated about pin 6 so that its center linecoincides with the center line of support bar 2, the flattened end I ofthe toggle bar will enter slot 8, the cylindrical end will then assumethe position shown by dotted lines at 9. A roll of suitable material 4may then be installed on or removed from supporting bar 2 through holeIt which runs longitudinally through roll 4. The roll 4 when placed onbar 2 may be securel held in rotatable position and toggle bar 5 may berotated about pin 6 into a position as shown in the drawing in fulllines to form a retaining T with bar 2.

It will be seen in the drawing that one end of the toggle bar 5 is soconstructed that it will be heavier than the opposite end. It isintended that the heavy end will be inclined downward due to the forceof gravity when the dispenser is installed on a vertical Wall or surfacewith the supporting bar 2 in horizontal position, and this will tend tokeep the toggle bar 5 naturally and normally with its axis at rightangles to the axis of the supporting bar 2 and thus prevent accidentaldislodgment of the roll of material supported on bar 2.

When material from a roll is dispensed by rotating the roll it oftenhappens that unless some restraining medium is used the roll willoverrun and cause more material to be dispensed than is desired. Inorder to prevent excessive rotation of the roll of material, after thedispensing force has been removed, a suitable brake shoe I2, or a fiatspring, is secured by means of rivets l3 in holes I I to supporting bar2 in such manner that contact with the inner diameter of the roll of Theinvention described herein may be manue factured and used by or for theGovernment of the United States of America for governmental purposeswithout the payment-of .any.royalties thereon or therefor. What I claimis: A dispenser for rolled material oom-prising a supporting base, acylindrical supporting bar.in-

tegral with said base and extending outwardly thereof, said bar havingspaced transversepasr sages extending therethrough and said bar beingadapted to support a roll of dispensable material thereon, atoggle barcentrally pivotally mounted on said supporting bar adjacent the free endthereof for supporting "the roll against dislodgment from saidsupporting bar, said :toggleg-bar being rotatable substantially90degrees in either direction from a position in alignment withsaidsupporting bar, and brake means resiliently mountedon said supporting'bar intermediate the ends thereof .for :frictionally engaging the innersurface of the roll to restrict the free rotation thereof said brakemeans comprising a concavoconvex shoe which has a concave surface of aradius of curvature similar to the radius of curvature of said bar, saidshoe being mounted parallel to and wholly exteriorly of saidbar, spacedsupporting means connected to said shoe and slidably extending into saidpassages, springs concentric with said supporting means and normallyurging said shoe wholly laterally away from said bar."

CHARLES M. HUNTINGTON.

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